Occasionally, I have to remind regular readers -- and new ones, too -- that no, I haven't seen all of the projects I list on SciFiHistory.Net. Though I'm very comfortable pointing out that I'm kinda/sorta long in the tooth (meaning "old"), I certainly haven't lived long enough to take in everything that's ever been conceived and released to the masses-at-large. I will say that -- in the late 1980's -- I watched an incredible number of titles on home video; but, frankly, I couldn't even begin to tell you some of the schlock I've endured because -- as can happen with memory -- a good deal of it is just all a blur.
That said, I'd still contend that I don't recall seeing Hands Of Steel. It first premiered (in France) on this day back in 1986; and -- from what little I've seen of it online -- it kinda/sorta has the makings of a foreign knock-off of a popular American I.P. (i.e. James Cameron's The Terminator). Is it? Well, I couldn't say because I've seen so little of it; but between some footage, photographs, and packaging materials it definitely has that Terminator vibe.
Written (in part) and directed for the screen by Sergio Martino (who has made quite a bit of schlock), the Science Fiction/ Fantasy starred Daniel Greene, genre regular John Saxon, Janet Agren, George Eastman, and Claudio Cassinelli. Though I'm not seeing any awards citations to pass along, I can give you the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ."
Having done a quite bit of research over at Amazon.com, it's kinda/sorta unclear if this one has had a relatively recent U.S. release on home video. I am seeing some that suggest they were foreign issues but might be region-free in case there are some interested in checking this one out. I'm not seeing it available for streaming anywhere, and that doesn't bode well.
-- EZ
That said, I'd still contend that I don't recall seeing Hands Of Steel. It first premiered (in France) on this day back in 1986; and -- from what little I've seen of it online -- it kinda/sorta has the makings of a foreign knock-off of a popular American I.P. (i.e. James Cameron's The Terminator). Is it? Well, I couldn't say because I've seen so little of it; but between some footage, photographs, and packaging materials it definitely has that Terminator vibe.
Written (in part) and directed for the screen by Sergio Martino (who has made quite a bit of schlock), the Science Fiction/ Fantasy starred Daniel Greene, genre regular John Saxon, Janet Agren, George Eastman, and Claudio Cassinelli. Though I'm not seeing any awards citations to pass along, I can give you the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ."
Having done a quite bit of research over at Amazon.com, it's kinda/sorta unclear if this one has had a relatively recent U.S. release on home video. I am seeing some that suggest they were foreign issues but might be region-free in case there are some interested in checking this one out. I'm not seeing it available for streaming anywhere, and that doesn't bode well.
-- EZ
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